Research Focus
Research is focused on the elucidation of nutritional requirements of aquaculture species with actual or potential economic importance to the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the United States, to design and implement basic and applied nutritional experiments on finfish and crustacean aquaculture species, to design and develop a finfish and crustacean nutrition program at Kentucky State University, and to assist interested producers and feed mills in formulation of nutritious, economically viable aquaculture diets.

Current Research Project
Crustacean/Finfish Nutrition and Diet Formulation Research Project

Student Involvement
The Aquaculture Nutrition Program has had numerous undergraduate and graduate student workers who have been actively involved in the aquaculture nutrition projects conducted at the Aquaculture Research Center. Students who have worked at the Nutrition Lab in the past are co-authors on several peer-reviewed, technical articles published by international aquaculture journals. Further, students have presented research data at scientific meetings. Thus, students are extremely active participants in the research process.

Support Staff Mr. Kenneth Thompson, Co-Investigator
Ms. Linda Metts, Research Assistant

Recent Publications

Digestibility of Dry Matter, Protein, Lipid, and Organic Matter of Two Fish Meals, Two Poultry By-product Meals, Soybean Meal, and Distiller's Dried Grains with Solubles in Practical Diets for Sunshine Bass, Morone chrysops X M. saxatilis
Kenneth R. Thompson, Steven D. Rawles, Linda S. Metts,
Re'Gie Smith, Ashley Wimsatt, Ann L. Gannam, Ronald G. Twibell, Ronald B. Johnson, Yolanda J. Brady, and Carl D. Webster

Use of Alfalfa Hay, Compared to Feeding Practical Diets Containing Two Protein Levels, on Growth, Survival, Body Composition, and Processing Traits of Australian Red Claw Crayfish, cherax quadricarinatus, Grown in Ponds
Linda S. Metts, Kenneth R. Thompson, Youling Xiong, Baohua Kong, Carl D. Webster, and Yolanda Brady

Use of Turkey Meal as a Replacement for Menhaden Fish Meal in Practical Diets for Sunshine Bass Grown in Cages
Kenneth R. Thompson, Linda S. Metts, Laura A. Muzinic, Siddhartha Dasgupta and Carl D. Webster

Microbiological and Physicochemical Properties of Red Claw Crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) Stored in Different Package Systems at 2 °C
G. Chen, Y.L. Xiong, B. Kong, M.C. Newman, K.R. Thompson, L.S. Metts and C.D. Webster

Effects of Different Feeding Frequencies on Growth, Body Composition, and Fillet Composition of Juvenile Sunshine Bass, Morone chrysops M. saxatilis, Grown Indoors
Kenneth R. Thompson, Carl D. Webster, Ann M. Morgan and
Ebony J. Grisby

Use of TurkeyMeal as Partial andTotal Replacement
of Fish Meal inPractical Diets for Sunshine Bass
(Morone chrysops · Morone saxatilis) Grown in Tanks
L.A. Muzinic, K. R. Thompson, L. S. Metts, S. Dasgupta and
C. D. Webster

Effects of feeding practical diets containing different protein
levels, with or without fish meal, on growth, survival, body
composition and processing traits of male and female
Australian red claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) grown
in ponds
K. R. Thompson, L. S. Metts, L.A. Muzinic, S. Dasgupta and
C. D. Webster

A Preliminary Assessment of Growth, Survival, Yield, and Economic Return of Australian Red Claw Crayfish,
Cherax quadricarinatus, Stocked at Three Densities in Earthen Ponds in a Cool, Temperate Climate
Carl D. Webster, Kenneth R. Thompson, Laura A. Muzinic
Daniel H. Yancey, Siddhartha Dasgupta, Youling L. Xiong,
David B. Rouse and Lukas Manomaitis

Growth, Processing Measurements, Tail Meat Yield, and Tail Meat Proximate Composition of Male and Female Australian
Red Claw Crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, Stocked into Earthen Ponds
Kenneth R. Thompson, Laura A. Muzinic, Daniel H. Yancey,
Carl D. Webster, David B. Rouse and Youling Xiong

Quality Changes in Australian Red Claw Crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, Stored at 0°C
Yen-Chang Tseng, Youling L. Xiong, Carl D. Webster,
Kenneth R. Thompson and Laura A. Muzinic

Partial and total replacement of fish meal with soybean meal and brewer’s grains with yeast in practical diets for Australian red claw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus
Laura A. Muzinic, Kenneth R. Thompson, Aaron Morris,
Carl D. Webster, David B. Rouse and Lukas Manomaitis

Use of hempseed meal, poultry by-product meal,
and canola meal in practical diets without fish meal
for sunshine bass (Morone chrysops M. saxatilis)
Carl D. Webster, Kenneth R. Thompson, Ann M. Morgan, Ebony J. Grisby and Ann L. Gannam

Feeding Frequency Affects Growth, Not Fillet Composition,
of Juvenile Sunshine Bass (Morone chrysops X M. saxatih)
Grown in Cages
Carl D. Webster, Kenneth Thompson, Ann Morgan, Ebony J. Grisby, and Siddhartha Dasgupta

Lecithin requirements of juvenile Australian
red claw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus
K. R. Thompson, L. A. Muzinic, T. D. Christian, C. D. Webster, L. Manomaitis and D. B. Rouse

Effect on Growth, Survival, and Fatty Acid Composition of
Australian Red Claw Crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus Fed
Practical Diets With and Without Supplemental Lecithin
and/or Cholesterol
Kenneth R. Thompson, L.A. Muzinic, Tracey D. Christian and Carl D. Webster, Lukas Manomaitis and David. B. Rouse

Evaluation of practical diets containing different protein levels, with or without fish meal, for juvenile Australian red claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus)
Kenneth R. Thompson, Laura A. Muzinic, Linda S. Engler and Carl D. Webster

Effects of feeding practical diets containing various
protein levels on growth, survival, body composition,
and processing traits of Australian red claw crayfish
(Cherax quadricarinatus) and on pond water quality
Kenneth R. Thompson, Laura A Muzinic, Linda S. Engler,
Sha-Rhonda Morton and Carl D. Webster

Influence of Gender and Spawning on Meat Quality of Australian Red Claw Crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) Stored at 2 ◦C
Baohua Kong, Youling L. Xiong, Caodi Fang, Kenneth R. Thompson, Linda S. Metts, Laura A. Muzinic, and Carl D. Webster

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